Words and Images
Author | : Christopher Gauker |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 315 |
Release | : 2011-06-30 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780199599462 |
ISBN-13 | : 0199599467 |
Rating | : 4/5 (62 Downloads) |
Download or read book Words and Images written by Christopher Gauker and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2011-06-30 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For centuries philosophers have attempted to derive concepts from perceptual representations but have failed to explain how the mind generates the building blocks of thought. Gauker addresses this problem in a new account of imagistic cognition. He shows that much of cognition occurs by means of mental imagery, without the help of concepts.